Ice-cream-vending cabinet



Apr. 10, 1923.

E. WISROTH ICE CREAM VENDING CABINET Filed Oct. :31, 1921 2 sheets-sheet 1 [fave/260 Ema W ELWw/Z Apr. 10, 1923.

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OF LOS ANGELES, CALIFORNIA, ASSIGNOR OF ONE-HALF TO REGINALD D. RAPHAEL, OF LOS ANGELES, CALIFORNIA.

i ICE-CBEAMVENDING CABINET.

Application filed. October 31, 1921. Serial No. 511,702.

To all whom it may concern 7 Be it known that I, ERNST WISROTH, a citizen of the United States, residing at Los Angeles, in the county of Los Angeles and State of California, have invented new and useful Improvements in Ice-Cream-Vending Cabinets, of which the following is a specification.

My invention relates to apparatus for vending ice cream in the form of bricks, and it has particular reference to certain new and useful improvements over the apparatus as embodied in my co-pending application Serial No. A65,160, filed April 28, 1921.

The purpose of my present invention is the provision of a storage and dispensing receptacle adapted for use in conjunction with and to supplant the present receptacle embodied in the co-pending application above 2o referred to. The construction of the recepv tac'le, in its present embodiment, is such as to prevent the adhesion of the bricks of cream to the walls of the dispensing magazine, and to thereby insure of the successful operation of the apparatus.

is also provided with storage magazines for the bricks of cream, and doors and door controlled openings through which the bricks can be supplied to and removed from the several magazines.

I will describeone form of vending apparatus. embodying my' invention and will then point out the novel features thereof in claims. A

In the accompanyin drawings,

Figure 1 shows in si e elevation and partly in section, one form of vending apparatus embodying m invention.

Fig. 2 is a ragmentary view showing the receptacle in front elevation.

Fig. 3 is a transverse sectional view of the apparatus shown in Fig. 1;

Similar reference characters refer to similar parts in each of the several views. $5 Referring specifically to the drawings and particularly to Fig.1, my invention, in its present embodiment," comprises a hollow base desi ated at B which contains the mechanism not shown) adapted to effect the operation of the mechanism for causing the dispensingof bricks from a receptacle designated generally at R- and superimposed. The receptacle R comprises,

onthe base. in the present instance, a tank preferably of hich are;

controlled by a door 18 The receptacle their upper and provided with the necessary heat insulating material designated at 15 in Fig. 1 for maintaining a freezing temperature within the receptacle.-

As illustrated to advantage in- Fig. 1, the receptacle is constructed to provide an ice compartment 16, the bottom of which is formed to provide a drain which communicates with a-pipe 16 extending to a point exteriorly of the receptacle. At the rear side of the compartment, preferably in the corners thereof, are arranged storage magazines 17 in which the bricks of cream are adapted to be stored. Access is had to the interior of the receptacle for the placing of the bricks and ice therein through an opening formed in the top, such opening being (Fig. '1) hingedly thereon. w

front side of the receptacle a hingedly supported door 19 controls an opening for gaining access to a pair of dispensing magazines designated at M. This door is preferably formed with glass panels 20 through which a customer may observe the contents of the magazines. Each of the supported At the dispensing magazines is separated from the ice compartment by walls 23 and includes a plurality of vertically extending rods 21 arranged in spaced'relation and secured at lower ends to metallic frames 22, the lower frame 22 surrounding an opening in the floor through WhlOl'l the bricks of cream may be dispensed by mechanism of the character illustrated and described in my co-pending application reviously referred to, such mechanism inc uding a member 24: supporting the stack of cream bricks within the magazine and adapted to be lowered to bring the lowermost brick into the; ath of an ejector 25 by which it will su sequently be e ected from the machine. As shown in Fig. 1, the forward side of each magazine is open so as to allow of, the insertion of the bricks of cream therein, and to present an unobstructed view of the bricks through the glass panels of the door. 1

The purpose of constructing the dispensing magazines of rods is to resent the smallest possible "contacting su ace to the bricks of cream within the magazine, and to thereby prevent the adhesion or freezing of the bricks to the walls of the magazine. When constructing the wall of the magazine so as to present a large contacting surface to the bricks of cream, it has been found that the bricks actually freeze to the walls and thus adhere thereto to'such an extent as to prevent the discharge of the bricks from the magazines, and thereby preventing the successful "operation of the apparatus. By employing the rods 21, this difficulty is overcome so that the proper feeding of the bricks from the magazines is insured. v

Although I have herein shown and described only one form of vending apparatus embodying my invention, it is to be understood that various changes and modifications may be made herein without depart ing from the spirit of the invention and the spirit and scope of the appended claims.

What l-claim is:

1. lln an ice cream vending apparatus, a receptacle constructed to provlde an ice compartment, storage magazines arranged Within said compartment, a door controlled opening for gaining access to the compartment and to said magazines, dispensing magazines Within the compartment, a door controlled opening for gainingaccess to the dispensing magazines, said dispensing magazines being formed of rods arranged in spaced relation to each other and having an open side through which the bricks of cream are adapted to be placed into and removed from the magazines. i

2. In an ice cream vending apparatus, a receptacle, dispensing magazines within the receptacle, each of said magazines being constructed to present a relatively small contacting surface to bricks of cream contained within the magazines whereby the adherence ofthe bricks to the Walls of the magazine is prevented.

In testimony whereof I have signed my name to this specification.

ERNST WISROTH. 

